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Elena Rybakina has made history for Kazakhstan by becoming the world No. 1 in women’s tennis after defeating Aryna Sabalenka at the US Open. This year, she won both hard court Grand Slam titles. Her achievement marks a new chapter for Kazakhstan, a country not traditionally known as a tennis nation. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated Rybakina, saying her success can help nurture a new generation of tennis players in Kazakhstan. “It’s history, and I’m very proud representing Kazakhstan. Every time I come back to Kazakhstan, no matter which city I go, it’s always so many kids,” Rybakina said at…
Global security consequences The U.S. decline forms part of a broader democratic recession. In 2025, 98 of 173 countries — 57 percent — declined in at least one democratic factor over five years according to the report, while only 55 improved. It was the 11th consecutive year in which more countries saw their democratic performance deteriorate than advance. The U.S. is not an isolated case, but its size and influence make its decline especially consequential. IDEA’s central warning is that democratic erosion is also a security problem. The world recorded 65 violent conflicts in 2025, the highest number since 1946,…
Ursula von der Leyen is set to deliver one of the EU’s most closely watched speeches of the year, outlining her vision and priorities before the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The State of the Union address is known for its breadth and length, covering issues ranging from defence readiness to natural disasters while setting the agenda for the next legislative cycle through new policies, strategies, initiatives and action plans. Yet the sheer number of promises means some inevitably go unfulfilled, while others are quietly dropped or simply fall apart. Euronews looks back at last year’s speech to assess how von…
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Brussels is finally starting to wake up to the security threat Russia poses to the European Union, Latvia’s Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs told Euronews. His comments come days after a Russian drone struck a passenger train just two kilometres from the Polish border on Sunday and weeks after Germany attributed an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport to Moscow, prompting swift responses from EU officials, who warned Europe must prepare for a “new era of European security”. To vulnerable countries on the northeastern frontline, these attacks come as no surprise; they have long been cautioning that an escalation of hostile…
Images from the scene showed the vehicle engulfed in flames as people nearby tried to put out the fire. Civil defence teams later inspected the burned-out wreckage, while ambulances took the casualties to Al-Shifa Hospital. Medical staff received the dead and wounded at the hospital. At Al-Shifa, Palestinians later gathered to perform funeral prayers before carrying the bodies away for burial. Palestinian health officials said the explosion had dismembered the victims’ bodies and appealed to the public for help identifying the two people killed. The Israel Defense Forces said the strike targeted two Hamas engineers, Hassan Ali Abu Nada and…
Un autre haut responsable souligne que von der Leyen recevait Mark Carney, et qu’un “bon hôte” offre des cadeaux, même s’il n’a pas pu préciser en quoi consisteraient ces cadeaux politiques. Réseaux sociaux Ursula von der Leyen a confirmé qu’elle profiterait de son discours pour dévoiler ses projets concernant les restrictions d’âge sur les réseaux sociaux, une proposition législative pouvant être présentée le jour même. Elle devra répondre à de nombreuses questions épineuses, notamment quel sera l’âge minimum fixé et si elle laissera les pays de l’UE définir leur propre limite d’âge. La semaine dernière, lors d’un dîner ministériel à…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 18:13 GMT+2 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suspended Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko on Monday, hours after it emerged that he had left the country after resigning amid a major corruption probe that had reached his own office. Kravchenko crossed the border overnight, according to Ukrainian media citing law-enforcement sources. Kravchenko also released a video saying he had signed a notice of suspicion against Semen Kryvonos, director of Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). Kravchenko alleged that Kryvonos had forged official documents to obtain an unlawful benefit. Kryvonos rejected the allegation and told reporters later on Monday that…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 23:46 GMT+2 The United States Space Force confirmed on Monday that the US has deployed weapons into orbit. “The US has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action,” a spokesperson for the force said in a statement. “Space control encapsulates the mission areas required to contest and control the space domain — employing kinetic and non-kinetic means to affect adversary capabilities,” the statement continued. It added that “these capabilities can be employed for offensive and defensive purposes.” ‘Strategic competitors’ The space domain has become increasingly viewed as a critical…
Carney is scheduled to attend von der Leyen’s State of the Union speech on Wednesday before addressing MEPs on Thursday, when he is expected to pitch a closer partnership with the EU as Ottawa fights a trade war with Washington. He will continue his European tour with meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron and U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham. The initial news that von der Leyen wouldn’t attend Carney’s address had caused uproar among some Members of the European Parliament. “One of Europe’s most important allies is coming to address your Parliament. And as the President of the EU Commission,…